Despite utility resistance, New Mexico expands its community solar cap to 300 MW

During Thursday’s meeting, the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC) unanimously approved increasing the cap on the state’s community solar program from 200 megawatts (MW) to 300 MW. The New Mexico Legislature established its community solar program in 2021 via Senate Bill 84, which authorized 200 MW of community solar projects…

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California investigating possible case of bird flu in dairy worker 

chicago — California is investigating a possible case of bird flu in a dairy worker who had contact with infected cattle, the state’s public health department said Thursday.  The virus’ jump to cattle in 14 states and infections of 13 dairy and poultry farmworkers this year have concerned scientists and federal officials about the risks to

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High CO2 levels are greening the world’s drylands, but is that good news?

The increased concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere since pre-industrial times isn’t just driving climate change — it’s also making much of the world’s drylands greener with increased plant growth. This is known as the CO2 fertilization effect, and politicians sometimes cite it to rhetorically downplay the negative global impacts of climate change…

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